iPad Ripped off?

Hey I just noticed this new app in the appstore '3DWorld For Free' http://appshopper.com/entertainment/3dworld-for-free
This app is brought to us by 'collabtools' and is EXACTLY THE SAME as 3D world by 'NDMapple' which is 79c.http://appshopper.com/entertainment/3dworld
The dev of 3DWorld for free says that the 3dworld app is a demo of unity and NDMapple are charging for it!! I know that there will be more features in the app by NDMapple but personally I feel a bit ripped off , at least until I see some good updates!!
What do you think?

The only "demo" sort of thing that one should buy (and by that I mean not a demo of a game but a demo of a game engine, or glorified game engine demo) is, IMHO, the RIP and Ghost Buddy apps as those at least had gameplay. This "3D world" thing is just a Unity demo and no one should have ever charged for it, IMHO. You'd have known that had you looked through the forums before hand. I'm not blaming you, so don't take offense. Rather, I'm giving due respect to this site and this forum as a place to find info on games and apps for this platform. Coming here first allows one to at least guard oneself against rip offs like this.

The only "demo" sort of thing that one should buy (and by that I mean not a demo of a game but a demo of a game engine, or glorified game engine demo) is, IMHO, the RIP and Ghost Buddy apps as those at least had gameplay. This "3D world" thing is just a Unity demo and no one should have ever charged for it, IMHO. You'd have known that had you looked through the forums before hand. I'm not blaming you, so don't take offense. Rather, I'm giving due respect to this site and this forum as a place to find info on games and apps for this platform. Coming here first allows one to at least guard oneself against rip offs like this.

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Yeah it was just one of those apps that caught my eye and I was going back and forth on whether to buy it or not and then one boring day it was downloaded onto my iPhone!

When I first read this thread, I felt like punching the creator of the original app straight in the throat, because now I am very conservative with the money that I spend on the app store, and I try my hardest to save every last penny. But then I actually played the free version. Compared to the .99 cent version, it is unpolished, it lags a lot, and it has ads in the middle of the game which certainly does ruin the whole experience of the game. The original 3d world may be a demo, but at least it doesn't run like a demo. It is fairly smooth, and the graphics rarely become choppy. And now that I think about it, it really wasn't that big of a loss, only 99 cents. Its not like it was a $10 game that is now free. And if the original developer keeps up with his promise and actually puts in guns and object in the upcoming update, that will actually make this game worth the dollar, maybe even more. But I would have to say for now, no one should by 3dworld until there is an update. And if you really want to explore a 3-dimensional world on the go, get 3dworld for free as of now, but then if the developer really does update 3dworld, I highly recommend that everyone should purchase it.

When I first read this thread, I felt like punching the creator of the original app straight in the throat, because now I am very conservative with the money that I spend on the app store, and I try my hardest to save every last penny. But then I actually played the free version. Compared to the .99 cent version, it is unpolished, it lags a lot, and it has ads in the middle of the game which certainly does ruin the whole experience of the game. The original 3d world may be a demo, but at least it doesn't run like a demo. It is fairly smooth, and the graphics rarely become choppy. And now that I think about it, it really wasn't that big of a loss, only 99 cents. Its not like it was a $10 game that is now free. And if the original developer keeps up with his promise and actually puts in guns and object in the upcoming update, that will actually make this game worth the dollar, maybe even more. But I would have to say for now, no one should by 3dworld until there is an update. And if you really want to explore a 3-dimensional world on the go, get 3dworld for free as of now, but then if the developer really does update 3dworld, I highly recommend that everyone should purchase it.

Hmmm... I was just checking this on iTunes. It seems people think the paid version is FAKE. That's right. They think the free one came first. Idiots. I wonder if they checked the release date or the fact that it already has tons of reviews.

EDIT: I didn't even check the rest of this thread. Wow, I guess this whole debate is in a jumble.

The fact that the demo is from Unity engine/game examples it's not worth any money, but no everyone knows that so people will try to get money out of you for something they spent 10 minutes on and clicking compile.

Yeah, there is a bit of controversy over at the Unity Forums about people using the demo scenes that ship with Unity in games and then selling them.

Legally, they are not doing anything wrong and they have the blessing from UT to use the content how they wish.

Morally, a lot of Unity users are pissed with the people that did this originally (like the paper plane one) so they have started releasing free versions to show shoppers that the content is not in fact original.

Not ripped off. The developer of the free one did it to put a dig at the guy profiting off the Unity Demo. The original guy who released it obviously doesn't know what hes doing. Says there is a huge "update" with an island. Thats also another one of Unity's demos. Does nothing put steals work and publishes it.